排队(pái duì): to line up

Watch how each character of 排队 is written, one at a time. When a character is finished, the next one draws.

How 排队 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.

• 他是排队的第一个。

  tā shì pái duì de dì yī gè

  He was the first in line.

• “我已经在排队呢，”我告诉他。

  wǒ yǐ jīng zài pái duì ne wǒ gào sù tā

  "But I'm already queuing," I tell him.